Golf tee



Patented Aug. 10, 1926.

UNITE@ S'li'iES DONALD I.. MANSON, 0F NEW YORK, N. Y.

GOLF TEE.

Application filed January 27, 1926. Serial No. 84,116.

This invention relates to improvements in golf tees, and moreparticularly in tees which are foldable so as to be convenientlytransportable, and it is the principal object of the invention toprovide a golf tee adapted to be folded into a comparatively smallcoinpass adapted to be conveniently carried and set up without delay.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a golf tee made ofdurainmin or any other suitable metal which is light and durable, andwell adapted to hold the ball in the exact position desired on theground.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a golf tee ofsimple and therefore inexpensive construction well adapted to form anefficient pedestal for mounting the ball thereon prepa atory to .makinga stroke, and which can be folded so as to protect the tee when not inuse,

w'.lhese and other objects and advantages of the invention will becomemore fully known as the description thereof proceeds, and will then bemore specifically defined in the appended claims.

ln the accompanying drawing, forming material part of this disclosure:

Fig. l is a plan view of a golf tee constructed according to myinvention.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof, partly in section.

Fig. 3 is a sine elevation thereof, folded.

As illustrated on the drawing, the golftee constructed according to myinvention comprises a disk l0 made of du alninin or any other suitablematerial which has attached thereto or made integrally therewith the tecll presenting a seat for a golf ball l2 indicated in broken lines.

A cross-piece or bar of dnralumin or similar, suitable material is madein two parts i3 and lll, hinged together as at l5, so as to allow afolding upon one another.

rlie part lei; has attached thereto or made integrally therewith a disc16 made of lead or any other suitable material and provided with acentrally located opening 1i' allowing the tee il to projecttherethrough when the device is folded to assume the position illus-Ytratcd in Figure 3.

rlhe operation of my novel tee device will be entirely clear from theabove detailed description thereof, and it is to be understood that havedescribed and shown the prcferred form of my device as an example of themany possible ways to construct my de- `-vice in practice and that sachchanges may be made in the general construction and the minor detailsthereof as corne within the scope ot tie appended claims without de-)airtime freni the spit of the invention and jciple involved. lavingthus des fribed my invention, what i claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent is:

l. Geit tee con'iprising a instal disk, a tee integrally made therewith,a folding arm attached to said disk at one end, a guard for said teeattached to the opposite end of said arm, and provided with a centralperforation allowing the passage of said tee when the device is folded.

2. Golf tee comprising a disk of duralumin, a tee mounted thereon, aloi-partite arm,

hinges connecting the two parts of said arm,

said disk attached to one end of one part of said arm, a lead diskattac-hed to the opposite end of the other of saidarms, said lead diskhaving a central perforation allowing the passage of said tee when thedevice is S0 folded for transportation.

3. Golf tee comprising a disk, la. tee made integrally therewith andpresenting a seat for a gell" ball, bi-partite arm, hinges connectingboth parts of said arm at their inner S5 meeting ends, said disk madeintegrally with the end of one part of said arm oppositely disposed tosaid hinge, a lead disk made integrally with the outer end of the otherpart of said arm adapted to be folded upon the same about said hinge,said leadL disk having a centrally located opening allowing the passageofsaid tee when the device is 'tolded into a comparatively smallcompass.

Signed at New York` in the coi,1 tv of New York and State of New Yorkthis 21st day of January A. l). 1926.

DONALD L. MANSON.

